Fruit-jar closure



N0. 6l9,288- Patented Feb. 14, I899. F. FAUSEB, .IR.

FRUIT JAR CLOSURE.

(Application filed Apr. 6, 1898.) (No Model.)

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FREDRICK FAUSER, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FRUIT-JAR CLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming Application filed April e, 1298.

part of Letters Iatent No. 619,288, dated February 14, 1899. Serial No. 676,622. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRICK FAUSER, Jr.,

a citizen of the United States, and a resicounty of Philadelphia,

' have invente rovements in the following is a ner, and the gasket shoulder of the jar D in the usual manner. The head of the cap may be milled to afford a firm grip for the hand as preferred, be provided with a series of radially-projecting spurs a Apertures a in the depressed portion of the cap are adapted to receive a quantity of solder, by means of which it is firmly attached to the top I) of the jar-cover B preferred, corresponding apertures may be made in the t b of the cover B and the cap specification, companying drawings, of, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in fruit-jar covers; and the object thereof and cover riveted together. is to provide a device whereby the cover may The cap being fixed permanently with the .be readily screwed tightly on the neck of the jar-cover, it is obvious that it may not be lost,

ar and as readily removed. Fruit-jar covers of this type have heretofore been provided with a projecting and the milled sufficient grip to permit a person of ordinary strength to easily screw the cover do vn tightly or to unscrew it when desired. The addition of the cap will in no way interfere with the packing of the jars for shipment.

The form of the cap may be changed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An improved cover for fruit-jars embodying the cover proper, a metallic cap provided with an annular rib adapted for engagement with the top of said cover, said cap being provided with a series of radially-projecting spurs adapted to form a grip for operation, substantially as was engagement with a spannenwrench for oper- It frequently happens that when it is desired to open t e jar the spanner-wrench is not to be found and the only way in which the jar may be opened is by rying out the rubber gasket, and thereby destroying the same.

This invention, which will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the annexed claim, remedies this defect.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of the device, showing a portion of the jar and taken on the Fig. 2', and Fig.2 is a plan view.

In applying my invention I employ a meshown and described.

tallic cap A, the central portion a being de- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as pressed. Centrally located in this depression my invention I have signed my name, in presis the hole a, which is merely adapted to ence of two witnesses, this 2d day of April, lessen the weight of the cap. An annular 1898.

rib a projected from the lower face of the I BEDRIOK FAUSER, JR.

cap, is adapted for engagement with the upper portion of the jar-cover B, which screws down upon the gasket 0 in the usual man- 

